Mental Status Exam

Question 1

What is Akathisia?

Answer 1

Excessive motor activity (pacing, squirming, restless, inability to sit still)

Question 2

What is a Tangential thought process?

Answer 2

Pt listens to question and begins discussing related thoughts, but never arrives at the answer

Question 3

Jamais vu tends to be associated with what type of lesions?

Answer 3

Focal brain lesions

Question 4

What is prosody?

Answer 4

Ability to recognize emotional aspects of language

Question 5

What is praxis and apraxia?

Answer 5

• Praxis: ability to carry out intentional motor acts
• Apraxia: inability to carry out motor acts; deficits may exist in motor or sensory systems, comprehension, or cooperation